Board Members & Staff

Donna Schmulbach
President
Donna Schmulbach is Vice-President/Abstract Department Manager of First American Title & Trust Company located in El Reno. She graduated from Cameron University in Lawton, OK and has worked in the abstract and title industry for the past 33 years in Lawton, Norman and El Reno. She has served on many committees of the OLTA and was co-chairman of the 100th Year Anniversary History Book for the Association in 2007. She was also named as “Title Person of the Year” for 2002. She is married to G. Barry Schmulbach, who is a Past President of the Association. She resides in Mustang, OK with her husband.

Charles Holleman
President-Elect

Holleman is President of Abstract & Guaranty Company of Lincoln County located in Chandler. He graduated from Davenport High School in 1987 and has worked in the abstract and title industry for the past 12 years. He is single and enjoys traveling spending time with his family and friends.

Karen J. Burnette
Past-President
Karen J. Burnette is Senior Vice President of Smith Brothers Abstract & Title Co. and President of sister company, FirsTitle and Abstract Services, Inc. She attended Oklahoma Christian University in Edmond and has worked in the abstract and title industry for the past 26 years. A graduate of Leadership of Tulsa, Burnette is also active in several non-profit organizations in Tulsa and Broken Arrow.

Scott Luna
Vice-President

Luna has business ties in both Texas and Oklahoma. He is the Managing Partner of Luna & Luna, LLP a Texas Law Firm that services three-fourth the State of Texas as a Closing Agent for U.S. Department of HUD. In addition, Luna’s firm has document preparation units in multiple cities, serving multistate clients in document preparation needs. He is also Owner of Vinita Title Company, Vinita, OK and Co-Owner of Tahlequah Abstract & Title Co., Inc. and Cherokee Capitol Title & Abstract, LLC, both in Tahlequah, OK.

Luna graduated from Graduated Texas A & M University and then received his Juris Doctor from the University of Tulsa School of Law. His experience as a Real Estate Attorney spans over 19 years and in the past, he has served as an Appointed Attorney and Counselor by the Supreme Courts of Texas and Oklahoma.

Jackie Bullard
Secretary

Bullard is employed with Oklahoma Abstract and Title located in Stillwater. She attended Northeastern State University and has worked in the abstract and title industry for 10 years.

Carol DiRienzo
Treasurer

Carol DiRienzo is Vice President of Guaranty Abstract Company located in Purcell. She attended the University of Oklahoma and has worked in the abstract and title industry for the past 29 years. She is married to Tony DiRienzo.

Jim Cichon
Director

Charles Nichols
Director

Nichols was born and raised in Chandler, Lincoln County, Oklahoma. He is now owner of The Abstract & Guaranty Company, a third generation company started by his grandfather. This is his 32nd year in the abstracting and title business. Charles has served as President of the Oklahoma Land Title Association in 1998. He is married to his wife Beth and has two children, Lauren 20 years old and Cole 18.

Jeff Noble
Director

Jeff Noble is Senior Vice President, General Counsel and a Director of Old Republic Title Company of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City, where he has been employed since 1981. He also serves as Vice President and Oklahoma Counsel for Old Republic National Title Insurance Company, a position he has held since 1996.

Mr. Noble received a B.B.A. with Distinction in Accounting in 1976 and a Juris Doctorate in 1979 from the University of Oklahoma.

He is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association, the Oklahoma County Bar Association, the Commercial Real Estate Council, the Real Property Section of the Oklahoma Bar Association (Director 2008 to present), the Financial Institutions and Commercial Law Section and the Title Examination Standards Committee. He is also a licensed title insurance agent and a member of the Oklahoma Land Title Association, where he currently serves as a director and is on the Legislative, Research and By-Laws and Constitution Committees.

Mr. Noble is AV®Preeminent ™ Peer Review Rated.

Steve Raines
Director

Raines is the Agency Representative for WFG National Title Insurance Company headquartered in Lake Oswego Oregon, with the regional office in San Antonio, Texas. He graduated from the University of Texas with a BA in Management and has been in the Abstract and Title business for 35 years. Steve spent the majority of his career working with national and domestic underwriters. He joined WFG in March of 2011. He has served on numerous committees with the Texas Land Title Association and the Oklahoma Land Title Association as well as a director of the Oklahoma Land Title Association.

Melissa Wilson
Director
Wilson is Vice President of Southwest Abstract & Title Company in Lawton, where she has worked for the past 25 years. She and her husband, Dale, who is also with Southwest Abstract, have 3 daughters and a grandson.

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